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Houston, we have a telephone pole - 10/17/2012 6:58:47 PM

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The LA Times has put together a very cool time lapse video of Endeavor's trip from LAX to the museum.

It might take a minute to load, and is well worth the commercial.

http://framework.latimes.com/2012/10/15/time-lapse-video-space-shuttle-endeavours-trek-across-l-a/

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RE: Houston, we have a telephone pole - 10/17/2012 9:49:31 PM

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Thanks for posting that, Rich!! That was INCREDIBLE!

What I found funny about myself while watching it was that it took a few minutes for it to register that the foot traffic wasn't just another L.A. thing, that all those folks were part of the process! LOL

Anyway, thanks again!

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RE: Houston, we have a telephone pole - 10/17/2012 9:52:32 PM

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Nobody walks in LA, Greedy

And you are welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it (even if the music was completely lame).

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RE: Houston, we have a telephone pole - 10/17/2012 10:34:50 PM

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Nobody walks in LA, Greedy

And you are welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it (even if the music was completely lame).

I know that, although a large pedestrian population would have gathered to watch along the route (i understand that civilians were kept a couple of blocks away). I

Either way - seriously awesome video, breathtakingly awesome work from the folks that got Endeavour there!!

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RE: Houston, we have a telephone pole - 10/18/2012 10:02:33 AM

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Thanks!!! That rocks

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RE: Houston, we have a telephone pole - 10/18/2012 11:08:07 AM

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Thanks Rich,

Enjoyed it and passed it on.

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RE: Houston, we have a telephone pole - 10/18/2012 6:09:28 PM

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The LA Times has put together a very cool time lapse video of Endeavor's trip from LAX to the museum.

It might take a minute to load, and is well worth the commercial.

http://framework.latimes.com/2012/10/15/time-lapse-video-space-shuttle-endeavours-trek-across-l-a/

Lemme think here....I can click on this link to see a time lapse vid of a really large space ship going down the streets of California or....I can do something entirely unproductive.

Hmmmmmm.......

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RE: Houston, we have a telephone pole - 10/18/2012 10:05:23 PM

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I saw the Fed Ex plane pull up and thought no way did they get to deliver it . Watching it all I have to wonder how many hours did it take to find the right route to get there ? That had to take several weeks and lots of measurements to get it right .

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RE: Houston, we have a telephone pole - 10/18/2012 10:15:12 PM

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More than a few weeks.
I think the "few weeks" might have been given to what the best alternate routes for vehicles that would otherwise be on the shuttles route.
http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/10/11/34603/how-do-you-move-shuttle-through-city-streets/

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